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Australian States and Territories Quiz

Can you name the eight Australian states and territories?
Not counting external territories or the Jervis Bay territory
Quiz by LBA
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Last updated: December 21, 2019
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First submittedFebruary 11, 2012
Times taken101,575
Average score75.0%
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State or Territory
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
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Level 54
Jan 23, 2014
how do you get a map?
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Level 19
Mar 7, 2014
Quizmaster
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Level 14
May 7, 2014
Haha I have no idea why I took this quiz, considering im Aussie. Free points I guess :D
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Level 18
May 27, 2014
The Canadian gets it perfect.
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Level 35
Jan 22, 2022
The Indian gets it perfect.
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Level 48
Jun 26, 2023
The Australian gets it perfect.
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Level 66
Nov 10, 2014
1:45 to go
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Level 75
Jan 26, 2015
This American tried Capital Territory and Australian Capital but still missed it. So close.
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Level 76
Aug 28, 2019
I've had similar experiences in the past. Finally got it - at the fifth attempt!
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Level 62
Jan 27, 2015
A bit more leniency on the Australian Capital Territory would be nice... I guessed AC Region.
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Level 55
Aug 20, 2021
Why? It's called the Australian Capital Territory, nothing else
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Level 60
Jul 25, 2023
Isn't "Capital" reasonable? It's usually accepted on quizzes.
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Level 48
Jan 27, 2015
How is Tasmania the highest? As a Tasmanian I'm quite surprised...
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Level 74
Apr 1, 2015
Because we are clearly the most important state, Mr Gecko!
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Level 58
Nov 26, 2016
Cos that's where the devil comes from.
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Level 46
Mar 19, 2021
It's easier to distinguish from the rest of Australia.
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Level 57
Mar 3, 2015
Easy as 2+2
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Level 51
Jun 20, 2019
2+2=5 (According to the government at least)
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Level 59
Feb 27, 2016
Haha used acronyms for all but 3
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Level 61
Apr 29, 2016
I got all except "Australian Captial Territory!" However, Northern Territory took be a while because I kept guessing "North Territories" or "Northern Territories." I think those type-ins should be accepted.
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Level 72
Sep 21, 2016
I did the same. Please accept territories for territory
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Level 68
Jan 28, 2018
Why? It is not correct.
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Level 79
Jan 29, 2018
There is only one territory in the Northern Territory, why should the plural form be accepted?
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Level 59
Oct 21, 2021
There's a considerable difference between the singular territory and the plural territories.
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Level 57
May 15, 2023
I did the exact same
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Level 41
Sep 14, 2016
Please accept Tasmania for the Capital Territory.
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Level 70
Apr 27, 2017
Those are completly different things
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Level 60
Feb 12, 2024
Please accept Kingstown for Queensland.
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Level 65
Nov 22, 2017
Must be a Tazmanian.
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Level 70
Dec 15, 2016
Only missed Victoria, had trouble with ACT but I finally remembered the name, thought it was just Canberra.
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Level 44
Feb 17, 2017
0:44 remaining
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Level 34
Apr 6, 2017
Can you make "capital" work for the capital territory?
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Level 71
Apr 10, 2017
Why?
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Level 59
Oct 21, 2021
Geography Master? Hardly if you're unwilling to learn the correct names for places! (for future reference, ACT works, and that's what it's often called in everyday usage).
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Level 52
Apr 11, 2017
Jervis Bay Territory. Not Jarvis.
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Level 79
Jan 26, 2018
Yup. Note at the top of the quiz needs to be changed to fix this.
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Level 48
Jul 30, 2017
100% with 1:30 left, mates!
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Level 29
Oct 20, 2017
Can you please add the official abbreviations?
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Level 21
Nov 16, 2017
Got it in 6 seconds by putting Queensland in copy-paste clipboard, typing NSW, ACT, WA, NT, SA, Tasmania, Victoria then hitting Paste to load in Queensland.
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Level 71
Nov 21, 2017
What a lot of messing around just to cheat!
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Level 60
Feb 12, 2024
Presumably they already know the answers. If it's fun, then why not?
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Level 63
Nov 22, 2017
I get the push for stating the "exact names," thus not allowing Canberra for Australian Capital Territory, but come on. On the U.S. States quiz, you don't have to type 'The State of ..." Plus, in most cases, Canberra and Australian Capital Territory are synonymous. The official demonym for the Australian Capital Territory is literally Canberran (look it up). Please be more lenient, at least in this case.
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Level 79
Jan 29, 2018
You have got to be kidding me that Canberra and ACT are synonymous.
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Level 55
Mar 18, 2022
The difference is, people don't say the State of California, the State of New York in everyday usage. With the Australian Capital Territory, people say that name in everyday usage.
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Level 78
Jan 26, 2018
Too Australia-centric.
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Level 62
Aug 28, 2019
OOOH BOB SAGET
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Level 71
Jan 26, 2018
If we were an American state, Trump would be our President, and we could all shoot ourselves.
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2018
If "NSW", "ACT", "WA", "SA", "NT" all work, can you not make "QLD" an acceptable answer, as this is a commonly used abbreviation?
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Level 75
Jan 26, 2018
Aussies, I'm curious, why didn't the mainland territories become states, and will they in the future?
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Level 34
Jan 27, 2018
The ACT was specifically created so that our capital city wouldn't be in one of the states.

The Northern Territory has too low a population density to support itself as a state. The top answer on Quora has a good explanation:

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Northern-Territory-not-a-state

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Level 61
Jan 27, 2018
Never heard of the Australian Capital Territory- not sure if that's because it wasn't around when I was at school or I just wasn't paying attention- I did try Canberra though.

Got the rest with no problems.

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Level 82
Mar 8, 2018
The ACT was founded in 1911, though its creation is mandated in the Australian constitution (Section 125, if my memory serves me correctly), which provides that territory should be set aside for a national capital, outside any of the states. It took two years after NSW transferred land to the Commonwealth Government for that purpose for Canberra to be founded in 1913. Most people probably think of Canberra and the ACT as synonymous. Population-wise, that's more or less true, but Canberra only occupies about the northern third of the territory of the ACT, the rest being bushland.
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Level 36
Sep 12, 2018
8/8 with 1:54 left
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Level 62
Oct 5, 2019
You spelt Jervis Bay wrong in the description.
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Level ∞
Oct 6, 2019
Okay, fixed.
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Level 51
Dec 16, 2019
Shouldn't Jervis Bay be on here, or isn't it just part of the ACT (Australian Capital Territory)?
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Level 82
May 14, 2022
Jervis Bay Territory is its own distinct territory - not part of the ACT - but the caveat in the quiz description explicitly excludes it.
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Level 61
Apr 6, 2020
less time plz
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Level 17
May 20, 2020
Where are you origanally from Ithabise?
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Level 73
May 28, 2020
Accept QLD
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Level 17
Aug 19, 2020
Got em all in 10 seconds, way too easy...for an Aussie. For Americans, I can name the states in seconds, and for Brits too.
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Level 19
Sep 15, 2020
finished with 1:39 to go because i'm aussie
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Level 58
Sep 24, 2020
"capital territory" isn't a type in but "australian capital" is
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Level 62
Sep 25, 2020
Maybe add Canberra as a type-in for Australian Capital Territory?
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Level 38
Feb 28, 2021
Canberra is a CITY
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Level 45
Feb 18, 2021
please accept Capital Territory
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Level 82
Jun 9, 2021
Is there any reason "Capital territory" isn't accepted for "Australian Capital territory"? I would think the "Australian" part of it would be implied?
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Level 59
Oct 21, 2021
Perhaps because people don't call it that. ACT is the usual everyday name.
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Level 78
Sep 21, 2021
Can we talk about the koala in the thumbnail?
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Level 61
Oct 21, 2021
Nearly there, I knew Canberra but didn't know it came in it's own territory- every day's a school day :-)
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Level 42
Oct 21, 2021
Can you accept Canberra for the capital state?
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Level 82
Oct 21, 2021
Yes. Or just "capital." Though... with only 7 answers it's quite easy to give up and start over and get every one.
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Level 82
Oct 21, 2021
Are they ever going to come up with actual names for the parts west of Queensland?
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Level 82
May 14, 2022
Yeah, they just kinda gave up at that point. Plus Queensland and Victoria are both named in honour of Queen Victoria. New South Wales having both 'new' and 'south' tacked onto it is a bit cumbersome, so I feel like only Tasmania got a decent, unique name.
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Level 45
Oct 21, 2021
Can you accept Capital or Capital Territory for the Australian Capital Territory?
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Level 67
Oct 21, 2021
Can Canberra and Capital Territory be acceptable?
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Level 65
Oct 21, 2021
Can you accept Capital, Capital Territory or Canberra for ACT?
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Level 55
May 14, 2022
No.
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Level 60
Feb 15, 2023
but its the same thing
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Level 65
Oct 23, 2021
6 seconds.

Yup, i am an aussie

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Level 56
Mar 23, 2022
im not :)
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Level 56
Apr 26, 2022
Wow, Australia, very creative...
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Level 28
Jun 27, 2022
As someone who lives there, it was very easy.
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Level 18
Aug 10, 2022
Easy did it in 12 seconds
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Level 78
Nov 18, 2022
Instead of Western Australia, Southern Australia, and Northern Australia, they decided to make the format of every name slightly different. I respect that.
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Level 61
Dec 8, 2022
just typing Capitol should work for it.
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Level 28
Jan 4, 2023
28 seconds. new record.
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Level 67
Jan 20, 2023
I can name all of Australia's states but I can't name all of NZ's provinces :(
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Level 60
Feb 15, 2023
7/8 because it would not accept "Capital Territory"
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Level 67
Jul 25, 2023
I reckon that's because the quiz asks us to *name* the eight [self-governing] states and territories.

• The name of this one is "Australian Capital Territory"

• The offical and universally-used abbreviation is "ACT"

• Pretty much everone says "[the] ACT" unless they are being particularly formal, in which case they say "[the] Australian Capital Territory"

• A grand total of zero people call it "Capital Territory"

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Level 60
Jul 25, 2023
Well, I'm sure you could say the same thing for a lot of featured type-ins. Nobody spells Edinburgh as Edinbobsleigh and capital is regularly accepted on subdivision quizzes.
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Level 31
Mar 13, 2023
so easy
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Level 39
Apr 14, 2023
Does anybody else find it irritating that the nomenclature for each direction related state is different? First there is 'South Australia', the direction, unchanged. Then there is 'WestERN Australia', with the adjective form of the direction. Finally we have 'NorthERN TERRITORY' with the adjective and an additional title in use. This inconsistency seems very unprofessional to me. Whoever did this was clearly not taking their yassss pills that day.
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Level 60
Jul 25, 2023
What's worse is that South Australia was also Northern Territory, but it was still called South Australia even though it was far from just south. The Northern Territory separated later.
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Level 57
Apr 19, 2023
10 seconds, Easy for an Aussie
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Level 65
Jul 26, 2023
I get that it's called Australian Capital Territory, but isn't that a tad redundant? What other country would it be the capital of?
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Level 43
Jul 26, 2023
Aussies heading west: "Oy reckin we name this big bodgy piece Western Australia, that one Northern Territory, and that one South Australia."
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Level 56
Oct 6, 2023
I missed the Capital Territory because I didn't type in Australia first. Please accept just Capital Territory.
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Level 49
Nov 30, 2023
Can you accept QLD for queensland on these quizzes? As you accept NSW for new south wales and NT, ACT, etc
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Level 50
Feb 12, 2024
If anybody's looking for a version that DOES include external territories and the Jervis Bay Territory, check out my page. :)